Over 50 Palestinians Ousted in Culmination of East Jerusalem Legal Battle

In the culmination of years of legal wrangling, Israeli police evicted more than 50 Palestinians from a pair of homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah today, following a decision by the nation’s High Court that the homes legally belonged to Jews. The homes were immediately occupied by Israeli settlers, sparking international outcry.

Documents show the homes were legally purchased by the Palestinian families in 1958, when East Jerusalem was Jordanian territory. The families have lived there ever since, though the Israeli government occupied the city in 1967.

The Israeli High Court, however, ruled that Jewish families had legally purchased the property decades prior, when East Jerusalem was under the control of the Ottoman Empire, and that this trumped the claims of the families that had lived there for over 50 years. The homes will now be used as part of Jerusalem’s plan to construct apartments to expand a settlement in the area.

The United Nations criticized today’s evictions as “unacceptable,” and the British Consulate, which is located in the neighborhood, said the move was contrary to Israel’s stated desire to achieve peace with the Palestinians.

And the sheeple still do not understand why the Palestinians wage guerrilla warfare against the nice Jewish people. I'm actually sort of amazed that the Israeli court didn't pull out the Book of Exodus and use that as the deed.

Israel only wants to steal more Palestinian land and water in the West Bank and East Jerusalem while starving Palestinians in Gaza. When will the U.S. wake up to this fact and cut off all aid to the criminal, thug nation of Israel: financial, military and political. Prince Saud said it correctly: Israel must end its brutal occupation of the Palestinians and there must be a separate Palestinian state established. Anything less is not acceptable.